Year: 2016

Kitco – by Peter Hug

Earlier today I was asked why I wasn’t aggressive at the $1,182 level. The short answer: I have no faith in the Fed. The market was vulnerable to any nonsense spewed by the Fed, particularly a hawkish tone, which would have accelerated the pull-back and possibly damaged the support line. So, Yellen in her ultimate wisdom waffled.

The bullish leg up to $1,192 came as Yellen indicated concerns about weak oil and global financial issues. Then, in her next breath she said this was all transitory and the Fed’s inflation target of 2% would be met sooner rather than later.   Continue reading “Gold Back Above $1,200 As Fed Chair Yellen Waffles In First Day Of Testimony”

CNN

The retailer announced on Tuesday that it planned to “accelerate” the closing of at least 50 “unprofitable stores.”

Sears (SHLD), which also owns Kmart, originally planned to close the stores over the next few months, but poor sales have sped up the timeline.   Continue reading “Sears announces it’s closing at least 50 stores”

Press TV

The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is set to hold fundraisers in Mexico on Wednesday.

The former secretary of state will not herself take part in the two events, which are slated to be held in Mexico City one day after the New Hampshire primary vote, the Hill reported Tuesday.

Her campaign treasurer, Jose Villarreal, will instead host the events.   Continue reading “Clinton campaign to host fundraisers in Mexico”

Liberty Fight – by Martin Hill

Jason Patrick, one of the sixteen people indicted on federal charges in the occupation of the Malheur Wildlife refuge, has an interesting past.

By pure coincidentce, LibertyFight became Facebook friends with Jason Patrick last year after I credited Patrick with naming rancher Jack Yantis killers on Facebook. Our Nov. 30., 2015 article went super viral and Adams County, Idaho Sheriff Ryan Zollman was forced to release the names of Yantis killers, Deputies Brian Wood and Cody Roland, 14 hours after the publication of our article. Mike Rivero’s top independent news website WhatReallyHappened.com was the first to run the story releasing the killers names, and it was subsequently picked up by countless online news websites. Continue reading “Jason Patrick, Indicted Oregon Protester Was Named National Hero By Fox News In 2014”

Sacramento Bee

SAN DIEGO For the 15th time, officials denied parole for Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, after hearing Wednesday from another person who was shot that night and called for Sirhan’s release.

The decision came after Sirhan answered questions from a California parole panel during a hearing that lasted more than three hours in a small, windowless conference room. Continue reading “Panel denies parole to Sirhan, assassin of Robert F. Kennedy”

Weather

As a heavy band of snow hit northeast Ohio, crews in Lake County arrived on scene to respond to a multiple-vehicle crash on Interstate 90, according to FOX 8. Police are reporting fatalities, but there is no word on how many people were killed.

“Areas of heavy lake-effect snow have been pivoting across northeastern Ohio through the day on Wednesday,” said weather.com meteorologist Quincy Vagell. “This prompted the National Weather Service to issue a lake effect snow advisory for snow covered roads and low visibility, making traffic difficult, including I-90 in the vicinity.”   Continue reading “Multi-Vehicle Collision on Snowy I-90 in Lake County, Ohio: Fatalities, Injuries Reported”

Jon Rappoport

What’s the latest solution to the virus that causes nothing?

Here we go.

Punch line: MIT Technology Review, 2/8/16: “We have the technology to destroy all Zika mosquitoes.”

“A controversial genetic technology able to wipe out the mosquito carrying the Zika virus will be available within months, scientists say.   Continue reading “Zika: the gene-editing fix that will blow you away”

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Fox News

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ position on one of the medical marijuana bills being considered by the Utah State Legislature certainly puts it in a difficult spot.

“Well it makes it more difficult,” Senate President Wayne Niederhauser told reporters on Monday. “I don’t know if I would characterize it as dead on arrival.”   Continue reading “LDS Church stance on medical marijuana ‘makes it more difficult’ to pass, Senate President says”

Alt-Market – by Brandon Smith

Many of us saw it coming a long time ago — increasing confrontation between liberty proponents and the corrupt federal establishment leading to increasing calls by political elites and bureaucrats to apply to American citizens the terrorism countermeasures designed for foreign combatants. It was only a matter of time and timing.

My stance has always been that the elites would wait until there was ample social and political distraction; a fog of fear allowing them to move more aggressively against anti-globalists. We are not quite there yet, but the ground is clearly being prepared.   Continue reading “Liberty Activists And ISIS Will Soon Be Treated As Identical Threats”

Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner

In the past two years, we have witnessed a sea of change in the attitude of Americans toward cannabis. Colorado made history by becoming the first state to completely decriminalize possession and use of the plant, with Washington and other states soon following.

Medical cannabis use is now legal in 23 states, and others will soon be joining that list. Polls find that a solid majority of Americans support cannabis legalization, especially for medicinal use. The Free Thought Project has reported on many incredible ways that cannabis is being used to treat a variety of ailments. Its effectiveness at reducing or eliminating epileptic seizures is nothing short of amazing.   Continue reading “Report: “All Cannabis Use is Medicinal” Whether You Know it Or Not”

Oregon Live – by Maxine Bernstein

The ACLU of Oregon isn’t convinced independent broadcaster Pete Santilli, who has been detained pending trial on a federal conspiracy charge in the takeover of a Harney County wildlife refuge, is a danger to the community and cautions the court against using his broadcast statements against him.

Mat dos Santos, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, issued a public statement on the agency’s website Tuesday afternoon, writing that he was troubled that a federal judge and prosecutors relied on remarks Santilli made months or even years before the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that began Jan. 2.    Continue reading “ACLU of Oregon issues statement in support of Pete Santilli’s First Amendment rights”

Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown

If you’ve got a gun and you receive Social Security, you are now being targeted by the Obama administration.

In the latest stealth effort by the Communist administration, the Social Security Administration is wanting to list the names of those who receive Social Security benefits to the National Instant Check System (NICS) as “prohibited persons.” This would effectively ban them from being able to purchase a gun and would target those who already own guns.   Continue reading “Armed Social Security Recipients are Now Targeted by Obama”

Reuters

The federal judge who threw Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis into jail last year for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples said she had not interfered with the process since her release and that licenses with her name removed should still be valid.

U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning ruled late on Tuesday that Rowan County’s Davis, who spent five days in jail last September for her stand on marriage licenses for gay couples, had not interfered with her deputies’ issuing the licenses.   Continue reading “Judge clears Kentucky clerk, OKs marriage licenses with her name removed”

RT

A multicopter complex armed with anti-tank missiles has been unveiled at a military robot conference near Moscow. Consisting of several drones, the complex is set to perform reconnaissance tasks, monitor the battlefield and eliminate targets.

The versatile airborne robotic complex has been developed by Sistemprom, an integral part of the United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (Rostec). It was presented at the Russian Armed Forces Robotics conference at Kubinka’s Patriot military expo, west of Moscow.   Continue reading “Assault anti-armor multicopter complex unveiled in Russia”

The Hill – by Tim Devaney

President Obama doubled down on his commitment to gun control Tuesday in the 2017 budget proposal he sent to Congress.

The $4.1 trillion budget request, which represents President Obama’s wish list, was met with sharp Republican criticism. The proposal calls for funding increases at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the FBI to fight gun violence.   Continue reading “Obama’s budget proposal includes billions for gun control”

The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Dykes

Word by word, the language is being picked apart by the politically correct police on the most ridiculous grounds possible. Pretty soon we aren’t going to be able to use very many words anymore… not unless we want to (GASP!) offend someone.

In a world where governments are blowing up children with drones and calling them collateral damage in phony terror wars on a daily basis, social engineering has turned average people into walking arguments that the film Idiocracy was actually a documentary, busily wasting their time fretting over how offensive otherwise innocuous words are.   Continue reading “More PC Insanity: College Students Banned From Using “Mom” Or “Dad” Because It’s Not “Inclusive” Enough”